History
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My younger daughter Indrani recently visited Mexico where she visited the remains of the Mayan and Aztec Civilizations. After seeing the photographs my curiosity arose and I started comparing with our Vedic civilization and was fortunate enough to render a comparative study. Across vast oceans and separated by thousands of years, ancient civilizations developed complex…
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If you read about Bengal of the 19th century, it was a very different canvas for women. We see in Bengali Society of that time a mindset which strictly followed fundamental orthodoxy, deterioration and gender-based biases towards women. The women folk were forbidden from stepping out of their houses, or to intermingle with fellow males except immediate…
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Nobody should forget that Ayodhya is the one of the most sacred and holiest of the holy spots of Hinduism. As a citizen of India and a Hindu I am aghast at the politics and the loathing being spread by hate mongers throughout the country with an intention to divide the citizens of this glorious…
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There were magnificent temples as a part of the Hindu culture. But unfortunately, History never taught us about them though some are no longer there. Through this blog I shall try to project their beauty and glory. 1.Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir The ruins of this temple are situated 45 kilometers from Pahalgam in Kashmir on…
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It is a fact that most of the students hate history as a subject because of the obsession with details, records, dates etc. Though these pointers are important in establishing a timeline and remembering who is who, that’s not the same as understanding it. History has to be about perceiving why things happened and what…
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